govern
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She would go on to govern for 15 years, turning the TMC into India's most successful regional party and herself into one of the country's most formidable opposition politicians.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
North Dakota is one of the few states with a multimember system, where two representatives and one senator govern together in the same district.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
Unwritten rules govern all kinds of white-collar offices, but nowhere do they carry more weight than on Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
According to lead author Edwin van Leeuwen, the results suggest that similar principles govern how social relationships are formed and maintained across multiple species.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
You are strong and can still in some matters govern yourself, Denethor; yet if you had received this thing, it would have overthrown you.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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